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<p>Read the latest news about Iran’s automotive industry, market trends, output figures, &amp; import data, along with updates about Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro</p>

  • Iran’s second largest auto manufacturer released its sales and production report for the first nine months of the current fiscal year that started in March and said sales had increased month-on-…

  • Renault’s local import representative, Negin Khodro, officially opened their new showroom in  Aghdasieh district in northern Tehran on December 26, Asbe Bokhar, local automotive website…

  • Rising foreign exchange rates over the past several weeks is pushing up the price of raw material for automakers according to the secretary of Iran’s Automakers Association. He has called on the…

  • Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company (ISQI) has released a report on customers' satisfaction with after-sales services of the top 13 car companies in Iran.

    The report covers the…

  • Volkswagen will unveil a concept for a self-driving electric minibus at the Detroit auto show next month as the automaker prepares to challenge Uber with its new Moia mobility services division.…

  • German luxury carmaker BMW will recall nearly 200,000 vehicles in China because of flawed airbags, according to the country’s quality regulator and the company, AFP reported on December 26.Some…

  • Renault Trucks is expanding cooperation with the Iranian importer Arya Diesel Motors. On December 21 the two sides signed two agreements in Lyon: an import agreement covering vehicles from the T,…

  • Modiran Vehicle Manufacturing Company (MVM), the official representative of the Chinese brand Chery in Iran, has unveiled a face-lifted version of Tiggo5 in Tehran. According to a company…

  • Automotive sales data shows that in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (started in March) SAIPA’s Pride and Iran Khodro Company’s Peugeot 405 held the sales record.

    According…

  • A federal judge said on Thursday that Volkswagen AG has reached an agreement in principle to provide “substantial compensation” to the owners of about 80,000 3.0-liter polluting diesel vehicles, a…

  • China will fine US automaker General Motors Co’s joint venture $29 million for monopolistic pricing, state television reported on Friday, ending speculation after an official warned of penalties…

  • Volkswagen is to produce its Polo hatchbacks under a joint venture with an Iranian automotive company, Mammut Group.

    According to Persian Khodro, a local automotive website the production…

  • Negin Khodro has announced the price for the new Renault Koleos large SUV in the local market at 2 billion rials ($50,000), according to Asre Khodro. The updated Koleos model, which replaces the…

  • A court in Shanghai ordered two Chinese firms and the founder of one of them to pay BMW 3 million yuan ($432,000) for registering trademarks similar to that of the top German automaker, the…

  • It is almost three decades since the last Buick Skylark rolled out of Pars Khodro  factory in Iran, but that hasn’t dampened the mood for American-derived vehicles in the years since.

  • Geely’s Volvo cars said it had raised 5 billion Swedish crowns ($532 million) in a step toward a listing of the company.

    A group of Swedish institutional investors had bought newly-issued…

  • The seventh Kerman Auto Show will be held from December 27-30 in the southeastern province with the same name.

    The four-day event will be held at Kerman International Fairground, carnet.ir…

  • Renault imported 93,798 fully built and CKD units to Iran during the first 11 months of 2016, Tasnim News Agency reported on December 18. The imports indicate a 146% year-on-year increase on…

  • Turkey's Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A., otherwise known as Otokar, has signed a deal with Iran's Oghab Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company for the sale of its Navigo buses in…

  • The inauguration ceremony of Iran Khodro Company’s first showroom in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, was held December 18, IKCO said in a press release.

    The Dena, Runna, Soren and Arisun…

  • Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi are working on a new platform, which will be used for their electric vehicles soon, reports Nikkei.

  • Following a new set of regulations by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, the end could possibly be near for the activities of Iranian car importers.

    The new guideline for car…

  • Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay just over $200 million to offset emissions from about 80,000 3.0-liter diesel US vehicles, in a landmark payout for the German firm.

    The agreement is…

  • Ssangyong Motors, one of the largest South Korea-based automobile manufacturers, announced that in the first 11 months of 2016 it sold 6,823 cars to Iran.

    According to a statement released…

  • Electric motorbike manufacturers have shown their latest two-wheelers at a recent exhibition in the central tourist city of Isfahan, according to IMNA, Isfahan Municipality’s news agency.